Competencies and objectives
Course context for academic year 2024-25
The course Human Movement Analysis (16606) is a basic training subject with a mandatory nature, consisting of 6 ECTS credits distributed over one semester. Human movement analysis can be defined as an interdisciplinary and highly applied field that brings together disciplines such as Biomechanics, Kinesiology, Anatomy, and Physiology, among others. The study and understanding of human movement are essential for pursuing any profession related to Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. The course aims to provide students with the conceptual foundations and skills necessary to analyze human movement and its applications in various contexts from the perspective of Mechanics and Kinesiology. In this way, the course establishes the foundations for various professional applications: analyzing the efficiency of movements and techniques applied to physical activity and sports; assessing the safety and ergonomics of physical exercises; and more.
Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2024-25
Transversal Competences
- CGUA1 : Foreign language skills.
- CGUA2 : Computer and information technology skills.
- CGUA3 : Oral and written communication skills.
General Competences
- CG1.1 : Capacity to identify, list, analyse, synthesise and apply the conceptual content determined by the subjects studied for the Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport degree.
- CG3.1 : Capacity to design, apply and evaluate high-quality processes, programs and projects in the fields of teaching, training and the promotion of health and recreational sport
Specific Competences
- AC2.1 : Knowing how to guide, design, apply and technico-scientifically assess physical exercise and physical condition at an advanced level, based on scientific evidence, in different areas, contexts and types of activities for the whole population and with emphasis on special populations such as: the elderly, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity.
- AC2.2 : Identify, communicate and apply scientific anatomical-physiological and biomechanical criteria at an advanced level of skills in the design, development and technical-scientific evaluation of procedures, strategies, actions, activities and appropriate guidance; to prevent, minimise and/or avoid a health risk in the practice of physical activity and sport in all types of population.
- AC2.3 : Design and apply with fluency, naturalness, consciously and continuously adequate, efficient, systematic, varied physical exercise and physical condition, based on scientific evidence, for the development of the processes of adaptation and improvement or readaptation of certain capacities of each person in relation to human movement and its optimisation; in order to be able to solve unstructured, increasingly complex and unpredictable problems and with emphasis on special populations.
- AC2.4 : Articulate and display an advanced level of skill in the analysis, design and evaluation of tests for the assessment and control of physical fitness and physical-sporting performance.
- AC2.5 : Know how to readapt, retrain and/or re-educate individuals, groups or teams with injuries and pathologies (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), whether they are competing or not, through physical-sports activities and physical exercises appropriate to their characteristics and needs.
- AC2.6 : Develop an advanced level in the planning, application, control and evaluation of physical and sports training processes.
- AC3.1 : Analyse, identify, diagnose, promote, guide and evaluate strategies, actions and activities that encourage the adherence to an active lifestyle and the participation and regular and healthy practice of physical activity and sport and physical exercise in an adequate, efficient and safe way by citizens in order to improve their overall health, well-being and quality of life, with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people (senior citizens), schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity.
- AC3.2 : Knowing how to promote, advise, design, apply and technically-scientifically evaluate appropriate and varied physical activity, physical exercise and sport programmes, adapted to the needs, demands and individual and group characteristics of the whole population, with emphasis on the elderly, women and diversity, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor).
- AC3.3 : Articulate and deploy programmes of promotion, guidance, coordination, supervision and technical-scientific evaluation of physical activity, physical exercise and sport for the entire population, with emphasis on populations of a special nature, with the presence of a professional or carried out autonomously by the citizen, in different types of spaces and in any sector of professional intervention of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical-sports teaching; physical training and sport; physical exercise for health; physical activity and sport management) according to the possibilities and needs of citizens, with the aim of achieving their autonomy, understanding, and greater and adequate practice of physical activity and sport.
- AC4.1 : Fluently develop procedures and protocols to solve unstructured, unpredictable and increasingly complex problems, articulating and deploying a mastery of the elements, methods, processes, activities, resources and techniques that make up the basic motor skills, physical activities, sports skills, play, expressive body and dance activities, and activities in nature in an appropriate, efficient, systematic, varied and methodologically integrated way for the entire population and with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people (senior citizens), schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical-sports teaching; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport).
- AC4.2 : Fluently develop procedures and protocols to solve unstructured, unpredictable and increasingly complex problems, articulating and deploying a mastery of the elements, methods, procedures, activities, resources, techniques and processes of physical fitness and physical exercise in an adequate, efficient, systematic, varied and methodologically integrated way for the whole population and with emphasis on special populations such as: elderly people, schoolchildren, people with disabilities and people with pathologies, health problems or similar (diagnosed and/or prescribed by a doctor), taking into account gender and diversity and in any sector of professional intervention in physical activity and sport.
- AC4.3 : Develop and implement the technical-scientific evaluation of the elements, methods, procedures, activities, resources and techniques that make up the manifestations of movement and the processes of physical fitness and physical exercise; taking into account the development, characteristics, needs and context of individuals, the different types of population and the spaces where physical activity and sport are carried out; in the various sectors of professional intervention and with emphasis on special populations.
- AC6.2 : Analyse, review and select the effect and effectiveness of the practice of methods, techniques and resources of research and scientific work methodology, in the resolution of problems that require the use of creative and innovative ideas.
- AC6.3 : Articulate and deploy with rigour and scientific attitude the justifications on which to elaborate, support, substantiate and justify in a constant and professional manner all acts, decisions, processes, procedures, actions, activities, tasks, conclusions, reports and professional performance.
- AC6.4 : Articulate and deploy procedures, processes, protocols, own analysis, with rigour and scientific attitude on matters of social, legal, economic, scientific or ethical nature, when necessary and relevant in any professional sector of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical and sports education; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport).
- AC7.2 : Know, develop and know how to apply the ethical-deontological, organisational structural, professional performance and regulations of the professional practice of Graduates in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, in any professional sector of physical activity and sport (formal and informal physical and sports education; physical and sports training; physical exercise for health; management of physical activity and sport); as well as being able to develop multidisciplinary work.
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
- Understand the basic fundamentals of human movement, as well as the implications in basic motor skills, sporting gesture and high performance.
- Be able to establish multidisciplinary relationships between Physical Activity Teaching, Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, Kinesiology and Motor Behaviour.
- Know the different sports movement analysis technologies (photogrammetry, electromyography, dynamometry, etc.), assessing their applications, complexity, usefulness and general methodology of application.
- Interpret results and control variables using different instrumental methods and techniques for measuring or estimating sport movement, both in the laboratory and in the field, and apply them in their different professional profiles in different population groups.
- Understand and analyse the principles governing the different types of human movement and interpret their spatio-temporal representation, applying them to different situations specific to physical activity and sport.
- Describe and analyse sport techniques from the point of view of their impact on the locomotor apparatus in order to find the most effective and safe ones.
- Select and know how to use sports material and equipment in the most appropriate and safe way for different types of activities and populations, in order to optimise performance and reduce the risk of injury.
- Express the knowledge acquired with the terminology specific to this discipline.
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2024-25
- Study and understand the biomechanical principles of basic and complex movements.
- Integrate knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, and Kinesiology into the theoretical and practical content of the course.
- Apply and interpret analyses based on photogrammetry, electromyography, and dynamometry in movement analysis.
- Conduct practical activities involving kinematic and dynamic analysis of physical and sports movements.
- Analyze and compare sports techniques and their effects on the musculoskeletal system.
- Select and adapt the appropriate use of sports equipment based on the context.
- Participate in discussions and draft reports using appropriate technical terminology.
General
Code:
16606
Lecturer responsible:
García Jaén, Miguel
Credits ECTS:
6,00
Theoretical credits:
0,60
Practical credits:
1,80
Distance-base hours:
3,60
Departments involved
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Dept:
GENERAL DIDACTICS AND SPECIFIC DIDACTICS
Area: PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
Theoretical credits: 0,3
Practical credits: 0,9
This Dept. is responsible for the course.
This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record. -
Dept:
PHYSICS, ENGINEERING SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL THEORY
Area: APPLIED PHYSICS
Theoretical credits: 0,3
Practical credits: 0,9
Study programmes where this course is taught
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DEGREE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS SCIENCES
Course type: CORE (Year: 1)